he Roman Empire, in the 3rd century, was under heavy invasion by Goths. The Goths were a Germanic tribe who are often referred to for their part in the fall of the Empire. Also during this same time in history, the Plague of Cyprian, which many historians claim to be smallpox, ravaged the Empire. The plague eventually took the life of emperor Claudius II Gothicus and caused widespread manpower shortages in agriculture and the Roman army. At its peak, this plague killed about 5,000...

We have seen both sides of this dichotomy in the election and now inauguration of President Donald Trump. I think it would be fair of me to guess that, upon reading those words, a slight flutter went through your heart, either in exultation or in terror. There are those of us who see Donald Trump as the encroaching end of the nation, or even the end of the world. He’s “Literally Hitler”, as so many say. His inauguration, like his...

Editor’s Note: The following article is based upon an unconfirmed report which has, allegedly, been circulating in an email chain amongst the news media and high officials, which has been remained unpublished due to being unconfirmed, but has still totally yet to be disproven, either. One of our own reporters allegedly snagged it via his ferocious reporting when he, allegedly, found it one morning pop up in his email inbox. We at Altar & Throne have deemed this alleged, unconfirmed...

wo weeks ago, on July 28, 2016, A commentator on MSNBC [I think it was Chris Hayes, but I can’t be sure] called Obama a ‘preacher of civic religion.’ I have never agreed more with something I heard on MSNBC, but I don’t see such an accolade in the positively praiseworthy way it was meant. A few moments later, the same commenter used the term ‘apotheosis’ (the “becoming God”) to describe a political moment. Many people (self-identifying religious and non-religious alike)...

henever a Christian insists that the rule of the state be eclipsed by just, fair (and thus non-coercive) governance, the inevitable refrain from a number of statist Christians is the simplistic mantra, “Romans 13!” It’s as if such a proclamation a divinely sealed and signed bludgeon that needs only a single mention to melt away the multitidinous critiques of human power throughout the holy corpus of scripture. Well, it’s time to get real about that. Not only does such an...

If you look at European countries accepting refugees en masse, you’ll see that it has definitely been overwhelmingly negative. The evidence of this has sparked hopefuls for Donald Trump to ban Muslim immigrants from coming into the US and avoid becoming like Europe. This presents a problem to many new libertarians. On the one hand, you don’t want your towns being ransacked by thousands of violent refugees, so barring their entry sounds legitimate. On the other hand, “national borders” are...

Memorial Day is on my mind to-day, and the juxtaposition of internal convictions concerning it. I am not a great defender of wars, though I believe in the possibility of just wars, and I am a lover of peace, though I am not myself a pacifist. I believe in self-defense, though I am convicted to practice patience. I am not different from other men, and so I presume to think I might know a little about what other men are...

I’ve been surprised a few times in the past week as I have seen many libertarians claiming that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. Of course, they can use the word libertarian all they wish, but the fact is that they are not friends of private property rights. You cannot be in favor of the mass killing of innocent people and then claim to be on the side of the private property ethic without being caught up...

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, perhaps disciple of the Apostle John, had been handed over to the Roman authorities. As with so many of the accounts of the martyrs, Polycarp will be given the chance to repent of his claims of the lordship of Jesus, and instead declare Caesar, “Lord.” He will not be tortured for punishment of past confessions, but as an encouragement to a future confession. At this time, it was unlikely that many truly believed in the divinity...

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